Wanyan Chizha looked at the Queen with melancholy: "I have disappointed Your Majesty. The 600,000-strong army failed to break through Yingzhou City in almost two months. Instead, it cost the lives of twenty soldiers. I am incompetent!"
"I thought that I could break through Yingzhou in twenty days, and the army marched straight into the hinterland of Dalong. I never thought that I couldn't even capture the first city. I am ashamed."
"I have lived up to His Majesty's high expectations!"
The Queen raised her hand slightly and waved: "Uncle, don't blame yourself. This is not your fault. I never expected to capture the dragon in one go."
"Dalong has been recuperating, recruiting troops, preparing for war, and developing people's livelihood since Li Zheng's reign!"
"Including Li Baiyu's dynasty, Dalong prepared for nearly forty years before leaving such a large fortune. Trading with each other helped Dalong accumulate wealth. Conquering the Western Region gave Dalong a steady stream of war horses."
"Liu Mingzhi even made Dalong obtain countless sophisticated weapons, especially artillery and thunder weapons with terrifying destructive power."
"It took me almost forty years of rest to have such a rich foundation!"
"To want to break through the 40-year-old confidence in just one month is just a whimsical idea."
"It is rare that you can attack the heavily defended cities of Yingzhou, Jeju, and Fuzhou into chaos. You have lived up to my reputation as the King of Jinguo Town."
"You must know that what you are facing is not a group of drunkards, but the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang, who are known as the elites of hundreds of battles, six generals of the Six Guards who use their troops like gods!"
"Insolent, Nangong Ye and the other six, any one of them at random is a being that cannot be underestimated, let alone if they join forces together."
"I am proud, but I am not arrogant."
"I know where the dragon is stronger than us, and I also understand the shortcomings of us and the dragon."
"Although our Daikin is gradually prospering, especially with the help of the limelight of the mutual market, we have reached a higher level, but compared with Dalong, which has made greater profits, we still have a long way to catch up.
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"This time, if the Turks had not known that they were not Dalong's opponents, they would have tacitly joined forces with us, Dajin, to jointly resist Dalong's front. Only relying on Dajin, I, to face Dalong's million-strong army alone,
It’s definitely in danger.”
"Only in terms of military preparation, we are two levels behind the dragon."
"Do you know why I chose to take the initiative to send troops? Instead of passively defending."
Wanyan Chizha thought for a while, shook his head and nodded: "I should understand His Majesty's intention, but I don't know if my guess is wrong."
The Queen smiled slightly: "I guess I guessed it right."
"In this national war, I ordered to take the initiative to attack. Many courtiers were confused and thought that the casualties would be much smaller if we defended the city than if we took the initiative."
"They think well. Taking advantage of the city wall can indeed reduce the casualties of the soldiers."
"The losses of the attacking side were at least three times that of the defending side. This has been the case since ancient times."
"But, this is just the past."
"Uncle Emperor, you are getting old, and I am no longer in my prime. We don't want to admit it but we have to admit that the world has changed and it has become very different from before."
"The appearance of Liu Mingzhi subverted many people's perceptions, but in the end, Liu Mingzhi used his strength to prove that he was right."
"It is not our style of Daikin to stick to the rules. Otherwise, our ancestors would not have proposed ruling Han by Han and turned our riding and shooting people into a country of farming and mulberry cultivation."
"It is precisely because of this that I know that the world is changing every day, and we have to change. If we remain unchanged, we will fall further and further behind the dragon."
"The national strength will draw the dragon further."
"They don't understand how powerful the dragon's cannon is, but I do."
"They only heard about the power of Dalong's artillery, but I saw it with my own eyes."
"A hundred cannons are more powerful than fifty thousand elite soldiers!"
"We came to the city and attacked Dalong City. It seemed like we suffered heavy losses, but in fact, we have invisibly minimized the damage caused by Dalong's artillery."
"After Feixiong made the artillery, I consulted with Feixiong almost non-stop about everything about the artillery."
"Although Fei Xiong said a lot of things that I didn't understand, at least I understood some of them. The power of artillery lies in attacking the city."
"The city wall will collapse several crenellations with one shot. If the city gate is sealed with stones instead of tamped earth, as long as the bombardment hits the ground, the city gate will fall if it is not done with four or five shots."
"It is precisely because of this that I chose to take the initiative to curb the terrifying advantage of the Dragon Cannon."
"Otherwise, if we passively defend and wait for the Dalong soldiers and horses to take the initiative to attack our border towns, with the power of the Dalong artillery, our twelve border cities may not be able to sustain it for a month, and we will be overwhelmed by the terrifying power of the Dalong artillery.
It fell apart and finally fell completely."
"Therefore, I stated the pros and cons in the letter, went deep into the grassland alone, and used reason and affection to that little girl Huyan Yunyao, so as to promote the joining of forces between our two countries."
"That's why!"
"Facing the combined forces of our two countries, Dalong had no choice but to turn from defense to offense."
"I asked you to send troops to take the initiative to attack. Why don't you use offense as defense?"
"Uncle Emperor has witnessed the power of Dalong's artillery with his own eyes this time. If we defend the city and let them attack the city with artillery, the number of casualties will exceed 200,000 soldiers."
"The whole army might be wiped out."
"It is also possible that the country will be destroyed directly."
"My heart aches, but there is nothing I can do about it."
"I didn't think of this method at first. Until Yue'er came back from Liu Mingzhi last time, she kept muttering that offense is the best defense. After hearing this, I thought about it carefully and came up with the idea of taking the initiative.
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"Facts have proven that my decision was right. As long as our soldiers step within a certain distance of the city wall, the dragon's artillery will be useless."
"In this way, the strength of both sides will fall to a similar level."
"Although you didn't conquer Dalong Border City this time, you still accomplished a great feat."
"Because you held the opportunity for the three armies of the left, center and right to enter the capital, this is the greatest victory in this national war."
"We'll see what happens to these guys like Li Yunlong next."
"I secretly manipulated Li Yunlong to rebel. I have been planning for nearly seven years, and now I have finally seen results. I hope his obsession with the throne will not disappoint me!"
"If they succeed, Dalong will lose at least twenty years of national power. No matter how strong they are at that time, they won't be able to pull us too far away."
"It is impossible to unify the world and succeed in one fell swoop. There are too many powerful countries under the great dragon. We must go through cycles and gradually eat away at the power of the great dragon bit by bit."
"Copper and iron walls are often broken from within!"
"Let's wait and see. As long as the dragon is in chaos, the country's power will definitely decline."
Wanyan Chizha looked at the empress with gleaming eyes and nodded silently: "It seems that you have not forgotten your original promise, but it is a pity that this girl Yanyu married to the Turks."
"Otherwise, if you two sisters work together to govern the country, our national power, Dajin, will be far greater than this."
"It's a pity that you two sisters can't join forces. Fei Xiong has no interest in political affairs."
"The heavy burden of the Kingdom of Jin will fall on you two."
"I don't know if Yue'er's visit to Dalong this time will bring about unexpected results."
The Queen turned slightly and stared at the south with narrowed eyes.
"I believe in her. Yue'er has never disappointed her mother."
"Yue'er's safety?"
“Foolproof!”
"Your back-up move is not very clever, but only Yue'er in the world can do it!"
"It's really not smart. I had no choice but to make this decision."